Joint municipality of Rodenberg
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Coordinates: 52 ° 16 ' N , 9 ° 22' E |
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Basic data | ||
Existing period: | 1974– | |
State : | Lower Saxony | |
County : | Schaumburg | |
Area : | 86.2 km 2 | |
Residents: | 15,930 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 185 inhabitants per km 2 | |
License plate : | SHG, RI | |
Association key : | 03 2 57 5406 | |
Association structure: | 6 municipalities | |
Association administration address : |
Amtsstrasse 5 31552 Rodenberg |
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Mayor of the municipality : | Georg Hudalla ( CDU ) | |
Location of the joint municipality of Rodenberg in the Schaumburg district | ||
The joint municipality of Rodenberg is a joint municipality in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony . The municipal association has its administrative headquarters in Rodenberg .
geography
Geographical location
The combined community is located in the Deister-Süntel Valley between the Deister and Süntel ridges and the Bückeberg mountains southwest of Hanover . With the federal highways B442 and B65 and the BAB 2 (junction Lauenau) there are cheap connections to Hanover, Bielefeld and Hameln . The Rodenberger Aue and other small brooks flow through the municipality.
structure
- Apelern with the districts Groß Hegesdorf , Kleinhegesdorf , Lyhren , Reinsdorf and Soldorf as well as the residential areas Allern, Rehbruchsmühle and Riesenmühle
- Hülsede with the districts Meinsen and Schmarrie as well as the residential areas Bussenmühle, Eisenhammer, Herriehausen, Mittelmühle, Niedermühle and Pulvermühle
- Lauenau with the district Feggendorf and the residential areas Blumenhagen and Lübbersen
- Messenkamp with the district Altenhagen II and the residential areas Alte Ziegelei, Hobboken, Klein Amerika and Switzerland
- Pohle with the Wischmühle residential area
- Rodenberg with the Algesdorf district and the domain Rodenberg residential area
history
The integrated community of Rodenberg was formed in the course of the Lower Saxony regional reform in 1974 . It has six member communities that previously belonged to the disbanded districts of Springe (Hülsede, Lauenau, Messenkamp, Pohle) and Grafschaft Schaumburg (Apelern and Rodenberg). In addition, small communities were dissolved and larger ones joined (see structure ).
politics
Joint council
The Samtgemeinderat of the Samtgemeinde Rodenberg consists of 32 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a joint municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time Mayor of the Joint Community, Georg Hudalla (CDU), is also entitled to vote in the Council of the Joint Community.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
Political party | Abbreviation | Share of votes | Seats |
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Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | 38.35% | 12 |
Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | 25.36% | 8th |
Voting community Samtgemeinde Rodenberg | WGSR | 20.22% | 7th |
Alliance 90 / The Greens | Green | 9.46% | 3 |
Voting community Gegenwind Samtgemeinde Rodenberg | GSR | 2.95% | 1 |
Free Democratic Party | FDP | 2.21% | 1 |
Voter community WIR in the joint municipality of Rodenberg | WE | 1.42% | 0 |
The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 64.22%, higher than the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.
After the division of the CDU parliamentary group into the electoral group "Rodenberg Interests" (RI) and the rest of the CDU, the joint municipal council is composed as follows:
SPD / GSR group | 13 seats |
WGSR group | 7 seats |
CDU parliamentary group | 5 seats |
Greens / FDP group | 4 seats |
RI Group | 3 seats |
Joint mayor of the municipality | 1 seat |
mayor
Georg Hudalla (CDU) is the full-time mayor of the joint municipality of Rodenberg. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected with 50.3% of the vote. His opponent Sven Janisch (SPD) received 49.7%. The turnout was 54.7%. Hudalla took office on November 1, 2014, replacing the previous incumbent Uwe Heilmann (SPD), who had no longer stood as a candidate.
- Previous joint mayor
- 2001–2014: Uwe Heilmann (SPD)
- since 2014: Georg Hudalla (CDU)
Finances
In the 2013 budget, the result budget is balanced. The income and expenses each show ~ 10.2 million euros. In the financial budget, payments of ~ 9.8 million euros and payments of ~ 10.2 million euros are expected. Payouts for investment activities are planned for ~ 1.2 million euros. No new borrowing is planned.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde shows in red a silver nettle leaf covered with three or two red roses with golden clusters placed on one.
flag
The flag of the Samtgemeinde has the colors red and white and contains the coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde in the middle.
Culture and sights
Museums
The joint community has local museums in Lauenau and Rodenberg .
Buildings
Buildings worth seeing in the municipality are:
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Apelern :
- Two-aisled hall church (built around 1162)
- Münchhausen Castle (built 1561)
- Hammerstein Castle (built 1696)
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Hülsede :
- Parish Church of St. Aegidien (built around 1440)
- Moated castle in the style of the Weser Renaissance (built 1529–1548)
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Lauenau :
- Schwedesdorf Castle (built by the Knights of Münchhausen between 1596 and 1600)
- Meysenbug Castle (built in 1610 by the von Zerßen family)
- St. Luke's Church, built around 1875 according to plans by the well-known church builder Conrad Wilhelm Hase , is regarded by experts as his masterpiece.
- Lauenau Castle (built around 1190 by the Guelphs as a moated castle)
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Rodenberg :
- Castle complex with restored bastion.
- Heisterburg with Devil's Bridge in the Deister.
- Windmill on the Rodenberg, built in 1861, today the town's landmark.
Parks
- Lauenau has a small public park with old trees.
- Bürgerpark on the Rodenberg.
Natural monuments
- Natural monument Krüppelbuche, a 200 year old Süntelbuche in Hülsede. There are still eight of these rare trees in the district.
- The largest and oldest Süntel beech tree in the region is located in Volkspark Lauenau.
Sports
One or more sports clubs can be found in almost every place in the municipality. The largest Rodenberg club is the "Sportgemeinschaft Rodenberg eV" "The Lauenau club" Victoria Lauenau "is one of the largest in the entire region with over 1,400 members. There are shooting clubs in four member communities. There is also a martial arts center ( Dōjō ), a performance center for archers and in the “Sägewerk” festival hall, Schaumburg's first and only boules hall .
Regular events
- Apelern Carnival Festival with ceremonial sessions (in January)
- "Dance in May" by the Lauenau volunteer fire brigade in the sawmill festival hall (end of April)
- Stoll'n -Fest in Feggendorf (in May)
- Trucker Festival in the Lauenau "Logistikpark" (every two years in May)
- Midsummer night festival in Lauenau
- Lauenauer Fleckenfete (end of summer vacation)
- Schaumburg mineral and fossil exchange in the Wasserburg in Lauenau (end of August)
- Ice skating and curling in the ice rink Lauenau (November to February)
- New Year's Eve ball in the Lauenauer Festhalle sawmill
- Citizen shooting festival in Rodenberg (second Sunday in July)
- Kinkeldey Festival in Rodenberg (in August)
- Rodenberg Martini Market (1st Tuesday in November and the preceding weekend)
- Boule championships in Algesdorf, Altenhagen II, Apelern, Lauenau and Rodenberg
- Christmas markets in Apelern, Lauenau and Rodenberg
Regular exhibitions
The central location for exhibitions in the joint community is the industrial park in Lauenau. There are several studios and permanent exhibition rooms on the site. In addition to regular exhibitions by the “Kunstetage Lauenau” and the “Ateliers im Kesselhaus”, there is a permanent exhibition by the Josef Hauke Foundation, which is also located there .
Economy and Infrastructure
Established businesses
Numerous companies are located in the commercial areas of the joint municipality. The Oppermann publishing house in Rodenberg produces print products for all of Germany and publishes four weekly newspapers. The Rodenberg company KTR specializes in plastics technology. There is a truck center near the Lauenau motorway slip road. A supraregional logistics center is developing here.
traffic
The combined municipality of Rodenberg is divided by the A2 . Connection points are located directly in Lauenau or in neighboring Bad Nenndorf . It is also bounded to the north by the B65 . The B442 runs from north to south . The pied piper city of Hameln or the state capital Hanover with its Langenhagen airport can each be reached in 30 minutes. The nearest train stations are in Haste , Bad Nenndorf and Bantorf . There is an express bus from Lauenau to the Haste S-Bahn station . The public transport is ensured by the Schaumburger Verkehrs-Gesellschaft .
Public facilities
- Lauenau has a mineral bath that is fed from its own mineral water source. There is an outdoor swimming pool in Rodenberg.
- There are nine kindergartens in the municipality, one each in Apelern and Pohle and two each in Lauenau and Rodenberg.
- A daycare center in Lauenau recently opened.
- There are sports facilities in all member communities, Lauenau and Rodenberg have more extensive sports areas and sports halls.
education
- Albert Schweitzer School (primary school) in Lauenau
- Julius-Rodenberg-Schule (elementary school) in Rodenberg with a branch in Apelern
- Integrated comprehensive school (IGS) in Rodenberg
- Special school “Schule am Deister” in Rodenberg
Personalities
- Wilhelm Blumenberg (1863–1949), pastor in Hülsede from 1889 to 1904 , then pastor of the Aegidienkirche in Hanover for many years . His son Werner Blumenberg (1900–1965) was born in Hülsede, who later became a social democratic journalist and resistance fighter.
- Malwida von Meysenbug , one of the first women's rights activists, lived in Lauenau . She had contacts with Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche .
- The poet Börries von Münchhausen lived in Apelern .
- Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , Princess von Ahlden, 16-year-old wife of the future British King Georg Ludwig von Hanover . After a liaison with Colonel Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck became known , Lauenau Castle was their place of exile for some time.
- Julius Rodenberg (1831-1914), actually Julius Levy, was a German journalist and writer .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ Official Gazette of the Hanover District 1974 p. 659ff
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of Members , accessed on March 28, 2017
- ↑ a b Samtgemeinde Rodenberg - Samtgemeinderatswahl 2016 , accessed on March 28, 2017
- ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 8, 2014
- ^ Official Gazette of the Schaumburg District No. 1/2013, issued on January 31, 2013
- ↑ a b Main Statute of the Samtgemeinde Rodenberg , accessed on November 16, 2014